Improvement in book-holders



the figures.

WILMER D. GRIDLEY, OF -NEW.BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

Leners Para.: No; 89,307, dazed April 27, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom "it may concern.

' Be it known that I,WILMER D. GRIDLEY, of New Britain, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticutl have` invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Leaf-Holders and Support; and to enableothers skilled inthe -art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of The nature of this invention consists of a dat sheetmetal coiled spring, on one end of which is formed a socket, for the reception of a bar, that rests upon or presses 4against the .open leaves of a book, while the other end of said spring takes its bearing against the back of the book; thus the book, or the leaves of book, are held in an open position.

It also consists of a support for holding a book in an elevated incline position.

The object of this invention is to furnish the student or reade'r undisturbed facility for the prosecution of his stu y.

In the accompanying drawings- Figurel is anisometrical view of this invention, as applied to a book.

Figure 2 is a side view, showing at a glance the plan of its construction,

a is a coiled spring.

b is a socket, formed on one end'of the spring a.

c is a holding-bar, secured iu the socket b, and rests, or bears against the open book, or leaves of a book.

d is a support, -h 'aving a hinged clasp, e, so formed that the spring a may slide freely therein, and so that it can be secured in a joint at the en d of tbe support.

Now it will be clearly seen that, by placing the spring with the holder over the upper end of the book, on to the open leaves, and the' opposite end of the spring upon the back of the book, the leaves or book will be held open, and, by inserting the outer end of the spring through the clasp in the support, the book will be held in an elevated inclined position, and thus the annoyance commonly experienced'by persons in having their books close, or the leavesturn from their place While they are pursuing their studies, will be avoided, and, when desirable, thebook may be heldin an elevated inclined position.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage of this invention, so as to enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same therefrom.

What I claim, and desirev to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A leaf-holder, consisting of the coiled spring a, socket b, and holding-bar c, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the spring a, socket b, bar c, with the supporting-rod d, and holding-clasp e, substantially as'shown and described.

WILMER D. GRIDLEY. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

E. W. BLIss, JEREMY W.- BLIss. 

